2008

FMC has supporters, but cost and complexities are a concern.Whether fixed-mobile convergence is for you in the near-term depends in part on how you define it, but for most, there’s no rush.

Automated passenger profiling is rubbish, the Home Office has conceded in an amusing – and we presume inadvertent – blurt.

“Virtual” wireless carrier Helio could be on its last legs. We hear that it’s finally closing its barren retail stores this week, confirming a few earlier reports . And even if a last-ditch sale to rival Virgin Mobile (VM) happens, …

AT&T has created a new business unit that has already begun offering commercial streaming video, webcasting, e-learning and virtual trade show applications. These offerings will be supplemented with products from three software companies with which it has signed strategic agreements.

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In the coming weeks look for columns from Tom Huseby of SeaPoint …

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular–China: China Mobile and Alcatel-Lucent signed …

Wireless had a muted role at the event as it traditionally takes a back seat to its wireline competitors at NXTcomm shows, and this year’s event was no different. ; Nxtcomm; The troubles likely are to continue for the world’s …

T-Mobile USA Inc. added two new phones to its HotSpot@Home collection: the Nokia 6301 and the Samsung t339. Both handsets take advantage of the carrier’s Wi-Fi service, allowing customers to make voice calls over any Wi-Fi network instead of using …

Comments on what the FCC should do with the 700 MHz D Block ran the gamut, with some urging the agency to tighten its rules on a public-private sharing of the spectrum while others recommended the D Block be auctioned …

Nokia Corp. added another social networking business to its portfolio, acquiring Plazes AG for an undisclosed sum.Operating primarily out of Berlin with 13 employees, Plazes offers a context-aware community that encourages users to post where they are and what they’re …

Despite the likelihood of Alltel Communications L.L.C. falling under the control of Verizon Wireless by year’s end, the nation’s 5th largest carrier has decided to make some quick changes to its network. Alltel announced it will add EV-DO Revision A …

Kajeet Inc. last week slashed a “sizable” chunk of its sales force as it shifts from a brick-and-mortar retail strategy to an online model.“We did restructure and let go a reasonable number of people,” CEO Daniel Neal confirmed, declining to …

An analyst cut his rating and price target on Motorola Inc. Monday, saying the company continues to lose handset market share in North America, where nearly half of its unit sales originate.

Google Inc. is learning that changing the cellphone industry isn’t easy.

Airline travel is set to get even more unpleasant, as hapless airline passengers face being hounded through airports by online advertisers as well as security, customs and perfume touting duty free sales staff.

Banks should look beyond their Internet banking customers for new mobile banking customers, Javelin says.

While WiMAX appears to be set for commercial deployment in some US markets by year-end, the technology itself has been plagued by various fits and starts. One of its biggest problems has been at the carrier level, where only Sprint-Nextel …

Don’t underestimate 3G data services, industry experts say. These offerings will tie mobile laptops and voice/data smartphones into corporate networks with something approximating a useable desktop computing experience.

Although it's not what I would call a frequent topic of discussion here on Infinite Loop, the subject of pornography and adult material does pop up from time to time, usually when someone mysteriously receives an iPod that's full of …

Eavesdroppers might be able to gain clues about the content of encrypted conversations even without breaking the cryptography.

As the demand for customer-friendly, real-time information increases, more cities, counties and states are going high tech at the bus stop.

The start-up’s tech works like Google’s PageRank for Web sites, but it aims to tap your friendships to spread “social banner” display ads.

The Summer Olympics are nearly here. Beginning August 8th, the world will be watching as athletes compete for the gold in Beijing. Of course, many people will be watching the coverage on TV or the web, but others will keeping …

The mobile Web presence is to 2008 what the Web presence was to 1998: an absolutely essential component of the marketing mix.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Tero Ojanpera is an unlikely media entrepreneur. Mr. Ojanpera, a veteran Nokia executive, is not a fan of “ American Idol ,” although he says he enjoys it from time to time.